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errornoun an unintentional departure from truth or accuracya report on the earthquake contained several unfortunate errors blunder, bobble, boob(British), boo-boo, brick, clanger(British), clinker, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfallfoul-up, snafumisapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictnessinerrancy, infallibility, perfection a breaking of a moral or legal codewe have all committed errors in our lives and strayed from the path of righteousness breach, crime, debt, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, offense(or offence), sin, transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing bias crime, hate crimefelony, misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasancefault, foible, peccadillobreak, infringementimmorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, vice, wickednesscorruption, debauchery, depravity, licentiousnessabuse, criminality, illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulnessdescent, downfall, fall noncrime blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachabilitygoodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness a false idea or beliefthe story only spread the error by repeating the misinterpreted statistics delusion, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, hallucination, illusion, misbelief, misconception, myth, old wives' tale, untruth factoidsuperstitionfiction, pretense(or pretence)distortion, inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscomprehension, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misperception, misunderstandingmisinformation, misknowledge, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatementsophism, sophistryfib, half-truth, lie, story, tale truth, verity error, mistake, blunder, slip, lapse mean a departure from what is true, right, or proper.error suggests the existence of a standard or guide and a straying from the right course through failure to make effective use of this.procedural errors mistake implies misconception or inadvertence and usually expresses less criticism than error.dialed the wrong number by mistake blunder regularly imputes stupidity or ignorance as a cause and connotes some degree of blame.diplomatic blunders slip stresses inadvertence or accident and applies especially to trivial but embarrassing mistakes.a slip of the tongue lapse stresses forgetfulness, weakness, or inattention as a cause.a lapse in judgment in the 13th century |